Orange County

Fullerton Defends Clerk Measure Ad

Fullerton officials are defending a city newspaper ad that offers reasons voters should support a measure on Tuesday's ballot that would change the city clerk from an elected to appointed position.

State law bars the use of public funds for campaigning. A publication is considered improper advocacy if, "taken as a whole, it unambiguously urges a particular result in an election. The ad, in the Fullerton News Tribune, lists numerous supporters and one opposing group.